Inside Tennis Magazine
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The award-winning Inside Tennis, now in its 35th year, is published seven times annually and is known for its creative, cutting-edge content and superb photography. Revered and read cover-to-cover in the tennis community, Inside Tennis is considered by many to be the most compelling tennis magazine in America.
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Bill Simons In the balkanized world of tennis that adores its acronyms (USTA, ITF, ITA, ATP, WTA, PTR, AELTC, LTA, FFT, AO, RPO) the USPTA is no more. The group, which was founded in 1927 and is the world’s largest tennis teaching pro organization, is now called the RSPA – that’s the Racquet Sports Professional ..read more
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Bill Simons A friend of mine couldn’t believe it. “You’re writing an article on Trump and tennis,” he sighed. “Good luck with that!” Exactly. After we wrote our piece on Kamala Harris and tennis, I’m giving it a go. I’m not a wealthy man. But decades ago my wife’s grandmother, Frances, became friends with the ..read more
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Bill Simons Inside Tennis is a sports magazine. But over the years we’ve explored many wide-ranging topics. As the presidential race heats up we will reflect on the surprising connections that both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have with tennis in a two-part series. We’ll start with Harris, and how she was delivered into this world ..read more
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Bill Simons New York Reflections on Billionaire Populists, Stinky Shoes, Slow Swifties and Bridges over Troubled Waters. RED, WHITE AND WHEW! Amazingly, for the first time since 2003, America got four players to the semis. Plus, Tommy Paul and Brandon Nakashima reached the fourth round. HEADLINES: Is Sinner a Sinner? No Way for Nole Some ..read more
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Bill Simons New York Everybody knows. Buffalo is a fine town with plenty of good neighbors. But if you come from that city, you have to learn to live in the shadows. It’s not so much that the Bills blow Super Bowls in the most maddening of ways. More to the point, that little rival ..read more
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Bill Simons New York Tennis is polite and civil, a pleasant, non-contact sport – right? Well, sure, unless you’re at a night match at the US Open. Then all bets are off. Honey deuces are flowing, adrenaline is pumping and stock brokers are howling. There’s nothing in this sport like New York noise. “It’s loud ..read more
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Bill Simons New York What an achievement! For the first time since 2003, America has four players in the US Open semifinals – Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro. The four have some fascinating threads of commonality. Where to begin? For starters, decades ago, Emma Navarro’s great grandfather came from Italy to ..read more
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Bill Simons New York THE END IS NEAR?: We’re on the brink. After 7,672 days, the long, painful drought in American men’s tennis could possibly end on Sunday afternoon. On September 7, 2003, the fresh-faced, big-hitting 21-year-old, Andy Roddick, won the US Open. We simply presumed this would be the first of many Slams the ..read more
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Bill Simons New York SENSATIONAL SEMIS: With the late night four set victory of Frances Tiafoe over the hobbled Grigor Dimitrov, America has placed three stars in the semis. Emma Navarro will face No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka and Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz will face off in the first All-American men’s semis since Andre Agassi ..read more
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Bill Simons New York AMERICA ALIVE: The US Open could feature an All-American semifinal between Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe. And, for that matter, there could be an All-American final, too, if Tommy Paul wins three more matches. Also, Emma Navarro and Jessica Pegula could possibly meet in the women’s final. PASTA ON PARADE: Monday’s ..read more